Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Larned Township earns its living
19% of workers have no commute at all (Kansas 12%). Hardly any stay in Larned Township for work; outside it, Larned is the main destination (33%, 3 miles). The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average (Kansas 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Larned Township
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Larned Township work
Where Larned Township clocks in
33% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Larned Township
79 jobs are based in Larned Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Larned Township, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 79. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Larned Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Larned Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Larned Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Larned Township’s workers travel
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 51% of Larned Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Larned Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larned Township | – | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Larned | 33% | C | C+ | 22 min | $55,648 |
| Pawnee Township | 14% | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Grove Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| River Township | 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pawnee Township, Pleasant Grove Township and River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Larned. Darker towns draw more of Larned Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Larned Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Larned Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Larned Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Larned Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Larned (33%, 3 mi), Pawnee Township (14%, 6 mi), Great Bend (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Larned Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Larned Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Larned Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.